Chapter 202: A Crisis Emerges
Junzhou City, Prince's Mansion.
The sky was still gloomy, as if it had broken the sky yesterday and revealed its hideous face, and it would never be possible to return to the wind and sunshine, only gloom and resentment.
After being brought back, Yifeng was still delirious, his face was blue and black, and his life and death were uncertain. Xiu Gu and Ben Qian took turns waiting for him, but it was difficult to suppress a kind of sadness.
The fire monkey and Shuli stood in the cloister, looking up at the gloomy and rare summer sky, unaware of the unpredictable future hidden behind these lead clouds.
At this time, the crown prince Wei Huang was participating in today's early dynasty, and in the Baolong Palace, he personally watched the close people of Confucianism and Taoism among the hundred officials, and their recitals flew like snowflakes in front of the case of Emperor Wu Wei Yujin.
What puzzled them was that Emperor Wu looked at one by one and tore one by one, and the more he tore it, the more angry he became, but he was just a "bastard!" and "stupid!" but he didn't accept their intentions.
Wei Huang knew what was written on their songs, it was nothing more than that after seeing the failure of Buddhism and Taoism yesterday, they all speculated about the holy will, thinking that Buddhism had fallen, and they all played how to change Buddhism and how to support Confucianism and Taoism.
The Buddhist and Taoist courtiers led by Wei Huang kept silent one after another, allowing them to be arrogant, because they knew that just yesterday's ranking of the Dao was far from enough to condemn the Dao, so even if they were lost in their hearts, they were not panicked.
However, just as Wei Yu tore up the last piece of music, Cui Ming, the big pillar country who was side by side with the crown prince in front of the hundred officials, stepped forward and said: "Emperor Shengwu, the minister also has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
Wei Yu said angrily: "If there is a fart, let it go! If it's all this nonsense, then don't let it go!"
Cui Ming's face remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "Today's hundred officials asked to restrain the Buddha Dao and change the law, which is really self-indulgent. They don't know the benefits of Buddhism in the Great Martial Kingdom, educate the people, be kind and charitable, purify their hearts and few desires, and quietly cultivate the people. Buddhism was introduced from other countries, and it quickly became a religion for the benefit of the people in the court of the Dawu Kingdom, and also promoted the Dawu Kingdom to become the object of benevolence in the heavenly Buddha Kingdom.
He said solemnly: "For thousands of years, the Golden Buddha came into the world, the Buddha appeared, the people were transformed, and the injustices were overcome, which made great contributions to consolidating the foundation of the court's ruling subjects. If you wantonly speculate on the holy will, think you are proud, criticize indiscriminately, and use methods in vain, are you not a sinner of the Great Martial Kingdom?"
As soon as these words came out, Wei Yu's face turned pale, Wei Huang's brows tightened, and the officials who had just presented the chapter exchanged glances with each other, shaking their heads and shaking their heads, not knowing what they meant: It was obviously the eight deadly sins of Buddhism and Taoism that Cui Ming said in his mouth, why was he criticizing them in the court at this time? What kind of calculation did he make?
Cui Ming paused, his words suddenly changed, and he said in a sonorous tone: "That's it, the Buddha Dao began to do whatever he wanted, pampered and arrogant, incited the people, and wantonly slaughtered the people of the Dawu Kingdom as cattle and sheep! With the official palace of the Dawu State as an ornament, he wantonly trampled on it! With the court of the Dawu Kingdom as a cowardice, he dared to commit treason and rebel!"
Wei Huang was shocked in his heart, he knew that unlike the previous ministers' recitals, these three charges had already torn open the shocking wounds of Buddhism! Especially treason, the emperor would never let this happen, even if it was just a little bit!
So, he stretched out his hand, pointed directly at Cui Ming's nose, and said angrily: "Cui Ming, when you said the eight deadly sins of Buddhism and Taoism that day, you just opened your mouth and imposed the crimes, and his heart can live! Today, in the most noble and noble place of the Dawu Empire, you are once again honest and wantonly smeared, and this prince will not tolerate you!"
He turned to Wei Yu and said: "Father, Cui Ming's words are to subvert the Dawu royal family's policy of fixing the state and rejuvenating the state for thousands of years, intending to belittle and damage the majesty of the Wei royal family.
As soon as these words came out, the officials were even more in an uproar. The five princes and the six princes standing behind the crown prince, their eyes rolled wildly, and the ministers who were close to Buddhism behind them took advantage of the situation to stand up one after another, asking Emperor Wu to impeach Cui Ming, and request the removal of Cui Ming's title and demotion to a commoner.
In the face of the chaos above the court, Wei Yu turned a deaf ear, his face was solemn, his eyes were deep, and he stared at Cui Ming with deep meaning and asked, "Cui Ming, what do you say?"
Cui Ming bent down to Wei Yu and said: "Emperor Shengwu, the minister is not malicious and paranoid, and he has no selfish intentions about the rule of the Dawu Imperial Family, the minister is impartial and straightforward, and he is only for the Shengwu Emperor and the Dawu Imperial Family!"
He stood up, turned to Wei Huang, and said in a deep voice: "Prince, what this king said is that there is solid evidence. Yesterday, a county magistrate of 'Anming' county in Yunzhou sent a special person to report to the king that the monks of Nanzong Temple had slaughtered the victims in a valley near the Xiaoshan Temple in Yunzhou, and that thousands of people had died! And the people who killed them were actually the people of Nanzong Temple and the Buddhas who participated in the Dao Discussion Conference! The Hypocritical Sect has created hypocrites, and the fierce demons have dared to come to the Dawu Emperor's Palace to debate the Great Dao of the World in human skin! It is really ridiculous and ridiculous, and I also deeply hate its arrogance and hypocrisy, and it is really an unforgivable sin!"
Wei Huang's face changed several times, and he shouted angrily: "You, you are talking nonsense! Knowing that the master and the Buddha are the most good and sincere people, how can you be allowed to smear your blood and slander!?"
The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he was about to grab Cui Ming's clothes, but Cui Ming faintly exuded a small amount of power, and swept him away, and the fifth and sixth princes behind Wei Huang took advantage of the situation to pull the crown prince back.
When Wei Yu saw this scene on the golden dragon chair, the cold in his eyes was full of coldness, and then disappeared.
At this time, Cui Ming sneered: "The prince doesn't need to panic, the minister still has something to say." If the prince doesn't believe it, he can go and ask in front of Ran and Yifeng and the others, since you say that they are sincere and kind, they must also be 'monks don't speak', you can go and say hello!"
He turned around and saluted Wei Yu again: "However, the saint, what they committed is not only this, according to the report, the Buddha Yifeng and others actually robbed the official funds in the city of Anming County, and looted the official grain transported to Junzhou, which is bold! This matter, there are hundreds of people such as the Anming County Order, the Tai Lieutenant, the official treasury guard, the county soldiers, etc., can testify to it, if the Holy Lord does not believe it, he can send someone to verify it at any time!"
Wei Huang's face was dark and blue, he gritted his teeth fiercely, staring at Cui Ming, while Wei Yu slapped his palm on the golden case in front of him, and shook the court with a "bang", Long Yan said angrily: "Come on, go to the prince's mansion to take down the evil monks and others, send them to the heavenly prison, and I will interrogate them personally!"
The general of the Yulin Legion had already led the guards out of the side hall of the Baolong Palace, went down the golden dragon steps, went out of the triple gate of the Dawu Emperor's Palace, and went to the prince's mansion.
Wei Huang quickly clenched his fists at the moment of surging anger, and around the Baolong Palace, there was a very faint aura, ready to move, ready to leave at any time.
But Cui Ming did not stop, he was still unsatisfied, he said solemnly and eagerly to Wei Yu: "Holy Lord, the minister really doesn't know how to say this, and he dares to ask Emperor Wu to send someone to Anming County as soon as possible to verify, because Anming County has been besieged! There are riots and rebellions of people in Yunzhou, which has become a momentum, and there are tens of thousands of rebels, divided into several places, one of which has surrounded and attacked Anming County!"
He said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for the county order and the county lieutenant who knew a little about the magic array, I'm afraid that Anming County would have been out of danger a long time ago! Moreover, this rebellion of the victims was still provoked by the people of Nanzong Temple and blamed the disaster on the imperial court! Even the food and materials they used for their rebellion and rebellion were distributed and provided by Zhiran and others, and this was passed down by word of mouth by the rebels, and it has become ironclad evidence! This is not a plot to rebel and rebel.
Wei Yu's face had turned purple and he gasped rapidly, but Cui Ming continued: "Not only that, according to the information collected by the ministers in the past few days, there have been successive popular rebellions in the fourteen states of the Great Wu Kingdom, ranging in size and number, but the total number of people has exceeded hundreds of thousands, and the momentum is huge, and it is about to form a formation!"
He pointed at Wei Huang and said loudly: "The vast majority of them are monks and monks, that is, tenants of Buddhist and Taoist temples! The rebels not only attacked and burned the temples, but also attacked and overthrew the government, and the military officials and soldiers could not stop each other, and they had already fallen into several counties! Emperor Wu, please open your eyes to see that now the Great Wu Kingdom is already a mess of officials, the people are suffering, the smoke of gunpowder is everywhere, and the lives are ruined!
He flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "The cause of all this is that there must be Ran Yifeng and other Buddhist and Taoist people secretly funding and harboring evil intentions, and originally wanted to use the monks under his hands and feet as scapegoats to overthrow the imperial government." Helplessly, the monks and households have been holding grudges against the Buddha and the Tao for a long time, and they have long been resentful, so they have rebelled against the people and beaten the Buddhist and Taoist monks upside down, and the situation has gone out of control! The source of all kinds of evils and many evils is all in the Buddha Dao!
Wei Huang was already stunned at this time, and he couldn't speak, he didn't expect that behind the Junzhou Dao Conference, Cui Ming would prepare so many words and so many means!
Cui Ming showed sadness on his face and said indignantly: "Emperor Wu, the situation is now very critical! Those who are attached to Buddhism and Taoism, seven or eight out of ten in the Great Martial Kingdom, they have the Divine Passage Method, there are monks and soldiers, and the number of Buddhist temples far exceeds the official government, and the magnificence of the Buddhist temples has already crossed the emperor's palace, but it has already become a trend! Looking at the military ranks of the imperial court, the conscription has declined year after year, and now the people who go to the battlefield to fight bloody battles are far less than one-third of the Buddhist and Taoist monks! The monks and households rebelled, and the Buddha and the Tao added fuel to the fire, so if the Buddha and the Tao are not cut off, and the world is clean and peaceful, I am afraid that the Great Martial Kingdom will bury the great cause of thousands of years and become the dry bones of hell!"
In the end, Cui Mingsheng burst into tears, Yan Guizhen shook his head and sighed, the officials and ministers behind the two pretended to be posturing one after another, and they actually cried out, and there were righteous and indignant generals, who couldn't help but roar wildly, and responded one after another, denouncing the momentum of Buddhism and Taoism was about to overturn the Baolong Palace!